Billboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1970

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1Venus
producer:
Shocking Blue
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 33)
recording of:
Venus (Shocking Blue (I’m Your Venus)) (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Robbie van Leeuwen
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd., Dayglow Music (publisher) and The International Music Network
is based on:
The Banjo Song
Shocking Blue4.13:05
2Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1970)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 11)
cover recording of:
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
lyricist and composer:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), January Music, January Music Corp., Supersongs Unlimited, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America
Three Dog Night4.653:21
3I Think I Love You
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Tunes by Made-Up Musicians (number: 22) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 366)
recording of:
I Think I Love You
lyricist and composer:
Tony Romeo
The Partridge Family2:53
4The Tears of a Clown
guitar:
Marvin Tarplin (on 1966-09-26)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (on 1966-09-26)
background vocals:
Warren “Pete” Moore (on 1966-09-26), Claudette Robinson (on 1966-09-26), Bobby Rogers (on 1966-09-26) and Ronald White (soul singer, founding member of The Miracles) (on 1966-09-26)
lead vocals:
Smokey Robinson (on 1966-09-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1967) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Hitsville (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (on 1966-09-26)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 190) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 313)
recording of:
The Tears of a Clown (on 1966-09-26)
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson
composer:
Henry Cosby, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Ltd and Jobette Music (UK) Ltd.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles3.93:00
5The Rapper
recording of:
The Rapper
lyricist and composer:
Dominic Ierace
publisher:
Don Iris Music, EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and Souler Two Music
The Jaggerz52:43
6I Want You Back
producer:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
bass guitar:
Wilton Felder (in 1969-07)
drums (drum set):
Gene Pello and Johnny Jackson (drummer for Jackson 5) (in 1969-07)
guitar:
Donald Peake, David T. Walker and Tito Jackson (in 1969-07)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Louis Shelton (in 1969-07)
keyboard:
Clarence McDonald and Ronnie Rancifer (in 1969-07)
percussion:
Sandra Crouch and Marlon Jackson (in 1969-07)
piano:
Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Joe Sample and Ronnie Rancifer (in 1969-07)
background vocals:
Jackie Jackson (member of the Jackson 5), Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), Keith Washington, Jermaine Jackson (soul/pop singer, of Jackson 5) (in 1969-07), Marlon Jackson (in 1969-07) and Tito Jackson (in 1969-07)
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) (in 1969-07)
vocals:
Jackie Jackson (member of the Jackson 5) (in 1969-07)
arranger:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1969)
recorded at:
The Sound Factory West in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1969-07, from 1969-07 until 1969-09)
music videos:
I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 (The Jacksons, formerly “The Jackson 5”)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 23), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 28), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 104) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 120)
recording of:
I Want You Back (in 1969-07)
lyricist and composer:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
The Jackson 54.153:02
7Spirit in the Sky
producer:
Erik Jacobsen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1969), Seven Arts Records, Inc. (not a label) (in 1969), Transtone Productions (in 1970) and Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord) (in 2023)
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 5), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 22) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 333)
recording of:
Spirit in the Sky (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Norman Greenbaum
publisher:
Great Honesty Music Inc., Warner Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Westminster Music Ltd.
Norman Greenbaum4.054:02
8Vehicle
producer:
Bob Destocki and Frank Rand
recording of:
Vehicle
lyricist and composer:
Jim Peterik
publisher:
Bald Medusa Music Company
The Ides of March3.652:56
9War
performer:
Edwin Starr
cover recording of:
War (on 1970-05-15)
writer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Edwin Starr4.23:25
10Green-Eyed Lady
engineer:
Paul Buff
producer:
Frank Slay Jr.
recording of:
Green‐Eyed Lady
writer:
Jerry Corbetta, John Collingwood Phillips and David Riordan
publisher:
Claridge Music Publishing Co. (publisher), MPL Music Publishing Inc., UA Music International Inc., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Sugarloaf53:40

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part of:Billboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits (number: 1970) (order: 19)
Wikipedia:en: Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1970 [info]
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